--- /dev/null
+--- balsa-2.0.17/configure.in.orig Sun Mar 28 23:41:56 2004
++++ balsa-2.0.17/configure.in Fri May 7 13:26:55 2004
+@@ -364,11 +364,12 @@
+ [if test "$with_iconv" != yes -a "$with_iconv" != no ; then
+ CPPFLAGS="-I${with_iconv}/include $CPPFLAGS"
+ LDFLAGS="-L${with_iconv}/lib $LDFLAGS"
+- fi])
+- AC_CHECK_LIB(iconv, iconv_open, , [
++ fi
++ if test "$with_iconv" != no ; then
++ AC_CHECK_LIB(iconv, iconv_open)
++ fi])
+ AC_CHECK_FUNC(iconv_open, , [
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([*** You need iconv for balsa.])
+- ])
+ ])
+
+ dnl ##########################################################################